CDR News Line
05.02.2020
Kongsberg Geospatial and MartinUAV Partner to Provide ISR Drone Solutions for Canadian Defence & Security Market
Kongsberg Geospatial and MartinUAV of Plano, Texas, have teamed to pursue integrated Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance solutions for the Royal Canadian Navy and CANSOFCOM.
31.01.2020
NORAD Identifies Russian Aircraft in Canadian Air Defense Identification Zone
North American Aerospace Defense Command positively identified two Tu-160 Blackjack Russian Bombers entering the Canadian Air Defense Identification Zone on Friday, Jan. 31, 2020.
29.01.2020
Ministers of National Defence and Veterans Affairs Encourage Positive Change Around Mental Illness
Minister of National Defence, Harjit S. Sajjan, and Minister of Veterans Affairs, Lawrence MacAulay, have spoken out in support of Bell Let’s Talk Day
29.01.2020
New FWSAR Maintenance Trainer Arrives in Canada
Canada’s Fixed Wing Search and Rescue Aircraft Replacement (FWSAR) project took an important step forward as the Aircraft Maintenance Trainer (AMT) departed Seville, Spain, to travel to Canada.
29.01.2020
C295 Successfully Performs Wet Contacts as a Tanker
The Airbus C295 tactical airlifter has successfully achieved its first wet contacts during an air-to-air (AAR) tanker flight test campaign. First dry contacts of this flight test took place in December 2019 and were achieved using a closed ramp configuration, 100ft hose and remote vision system.
28.01.2020
New CADSI Report: What Canada's Allies can Teach Us About Government-Industry Cyber Collaboration
Canada has lagged behind its allies when it comes to government-industry collaboration in the cyber domain, but a new report from the Canadian Association of Defence and Security Industries (CADSI) concludes that there are ways to catch up quickly and effectively.

28.01.2020
CAE Awarded Contract to Upgrade NATO Training Devices
CAE has signed a contract amendment with the NATO Airborne Early Warning & Control Program Management Agency (NAPMA) to perform avionics updates on the E-3A flight deck simulator and E-3A flight training device located at NATO Airbase Geilenkirchen in Germany.
27.01.2020
Interview with the Minister of National Defence
CDR recently sent Ottawa Bureau Chief, James Careless, to interview Canada’s newly re-appointed Minister of National Defence, and with a number of high profile capital projects, such as CSC and FFCP currently in play, there was a lot to talk
24.01.2020
New Machine Guns for Canadian Armed Forces
The Government of has purchased 3,626 new C6A1 FLEX General Purpose Machine Guns (GPMG) from Colt Canada.
21.01.2020
Class Action Launched Regarding Ukrainian Airlines Flight PS752
Announced Today - the filing of a proposed class action against Iran, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and the Ukrainian Airline concerning the downing of Flight PS752.
20.01.2020
CAE Appoints Todd Probert as Group President, Defence & Security
CAE has appointed Todd Probert as Group President, Defence & Security, effective January 27, 2020. He will be based in Washington, DC and is succeeding Gene Colabatistto, who retired from CAE in December 2019.
16.01.2020
Seaspan Hosts Ceremonial Keel Laying for JSS
Today, Seaspan Shipyards and its more than 2,800 employees hosted the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Environment and Climate Change and Member of Parliament for North Vancouver, and Vice-Admiral Art McDonald, Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy, for a ceremonial keel laying event
16.01.2020
US Navy Orders L3Harris Technologies’ Electro-Optical Maritime
The U.S. Navy has placed its first production order for 40 WESCAM MX™-10MS electro-optical, infrared (EOIR) sensor suites from L3Harris Technologies in support of their Military Sealift Command Electro-Optical System (MSC-EOS) program.
14.01.2020
Four Nations to be Protected with Lockheed Martin’s Next Generation Radar
Through partnerships with the U.S. Government, Spain, Japan, and Canada, Lockheed Martin’s solid state radar (SSR) technology will provide front-line defense to nations around the world with cutting-edge air and missile defense capabilities.  These nations are part of a growing SSR
14.01.2020
exactEarth and Hisdesat Announce Multi-Year Contract
The partnership of exactEarth and Hisdesat has been selected by the European Maritime Safety Agency (“EMSA”) to provide satellite-AIS data services for a four-year period.

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